Great to have you back dear friends and fellow disciples of truth. Today on the 1st of May, the pagan Beltane festival of all things, we welcome back special returning guest, the amazing Dr Richard B Spence to help us weave our way through the mysterious, intriguing, murky and sometimes dark corrupt world of Secret Societies.

There are thousands of secret societies, most you won’t even have heard of but as you become more attuned through your research you will realise and they are everywhere right under your nose on some occasions. Some you will NEVER know about as they are so exclusive among the super elite class, their identities never leak out. We've all heard of the Freemasons, the Knights Templar, The Bavarian Illuminati, the OTO and of course the Bohemian Grove gathering and it’s annual ‘Cremation of Care’, but what are these groups really all about? What attracts people to them? Why have they been so popular within human society over the last few millennia? Are they all evil at their foundations? Do they control all the major events that play out nationally and internationally? Are they all separate entities or are they all loosely interconnected like a weaving spiders web? Do, they all want to take over the world? All relevant and fair questions one could and should be asking as they educate themselves about these fraternal groups and orders. However, a warning dear friends, a balanced mind should be maintained as its so easy to get carried away by the misinformation and more importantly the disinformation out there. The internet is awash with a sea of fantastical sometimes nonsensical and sometimes even dangerous theories about these groups.

Don’t misunderstand us though! Conspiracies have been formed within secret societies that have led to disastrous events throughout history. A good example is P2 the Propahanda Due’ from the 1981 Italian scandal. It involved assassinations, terrorist attacks, drug running, political manipulation, blackmail guided by the hidden hand of an extreme fascist Grandmaster. One could even argue WW2’s disastrous genocide was fuelled by secret societies from Nationalist Volkish Occult groups pre-Hitler’s rise to power. Secret societies can be powerful, they can be corrupt, sometimes very dangerous, sometimes disastrous for the wider profane uninitiated but after researching secret groups for so many years I would argue most in secret societies are not looking to do you wrong and take over the world, but some are… they can be a breeding ground of evil.

Dr Spence is a world-renowned historian, author and specialist in a wide range of topics including, Russian Intelligence & History, Modern Espionage, Anti-Semitism & the Holocaust, The History of Secret Societies, the Occult and much more. He was a Professor of History at Idaho University from 1986-2020 and has published many books and articles over his illustrious career.

If you would like to find out more about Dr Spence’s work, purchase his books or tune in his fascinating new podcast, please follow the links below.

Enjoy the show friends, keep searching for truth…. whatever that is!

Rick’s Background

https://www.uidaho.edu/class/history/faculty-staff/richard-spence

Rick’s Books

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Richard-B-Spence/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ARichard%2BB%2BSpence

The Great Courses

https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/richard-b-spence

Rick’s Podcast Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/7loq8pryV4bnp8svmiQc4O

Strange As It Seems

https://www.youtube.com/@StrangeAsItSeemsPodcast

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‘Blood Oath’ by Alex, Tokyo Rose, The Akuma

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